Until now, the Okanagan Landing Volunteer Fire Fighters were a self-contained unit, however, over the years Vernon Fire Rescue starting responding into that zone at the same time as Okanagan Landing crews.

Green says over time the system became very divisive.

"It's never good when it's a race mentality," says Green.

"Over time it just made sense to have the two teams integrate into one organization, under one command structure, one set of operational guidelines where everybody knows each other."